Peter wilhelm ziegler



U ITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER WVILHELM ZIEGLER, OF CANNSTADT, GERMANY.

SIDE STEEL FOR CORSETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,957, dated June 13,1899.

Application filed December 21, 1898. Serial No. 699,907. (No model.)

To a, whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER WILHELM ZIEG- LER, a citizen of the Empire ofGermany, residing in Cannstadt, in the Kingdom of Wiirtemberg, in theEmpire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSide Steels for Corsets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in side steels for corsets;and the invention consists of a side steel for corsets comprising twosuperposed strips of springmetal, one of said strips being provided nearone end with side recesses, forming a contracted portion or neck,saidrecessed portion of the strip being guided in the slot of the otherstrip; and the invention consists, further, of a side steel for corsetscomprising two superposed strips of spring metal, each of said stripsbeing provided near one end with a longitudinal slot and near theopposite end with side recesses, forming a contracted portion or neck,the recessed portion of each strip being guided in the slot of the otherstrip.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a portion of a corsetwith my improved side steels applied thereto. Figs. 2 and 3 are planviews of the individual strips of which my improved side steel iscomposed. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively a plan view and a side View ofsaid two strips as interlocked to form the completed side steel. Figs. 6and '7 are plan views of the strips of a simplified form of side steelembodying my improvement, and Figs. Sand 9 are respectively a plan viewand a side view of the two strips shown in Figs. 6 and 7 as interlockedto form the completed steel.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My improved side steel for corsets is composed of two superposed stripsto and b of spring metal,said strips being joined together, so as to becapable of movement one upon the other, whereby the flexibility of thecomplete side steel is considerablyincreased and the risk of breakingconsiderably reduced as compared with side steels consisting of a singlethickness of metal.

In order to join the two strips to and b together in sucha manner as topermit a sufficient amount of longitudinal movement between said stripswhen. so joined, a slot 5' is formed in one end of each of said strips,and the opposite end is provided with side recesses which form acontracted portion or neck a at said opposite end of the strip, as shownin Figs. 2 and 3. The two strips a and I) thus provided with slots andrecesses are fitted together by passing the recessed end of one stripthrough the slot in the opposite strip until the contracted portion a islocated in said slot and then passing the recessed end of the secondstrip through the slot of the first strip until its contracted portionis located in the said slot of the first strip. The two strips are thusinterlocked, so as to form the complete steel, as shown in Figs. land 5.They are capable of sliding movement upon each other, which may takeplace when the steel is bent, the parts a and 1) serving to guide thestrips.

Instead of supplying both ends of the strips with side recesses andslots, if preferred this connection may be employed at one end only, asin Figs. 6 to 9, leaving the other ends of the strips free.

The completed steel may be fixed in position in the garment in anysuit-able manner.

The strips are preferably of unequal length, as shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A side steel for corsets, consisting of twosuperposed strips of spring metal, one of said strips being provided atsome distance from one-end with a longitudinal slot, and the other stripbeing provided at some distance from one end with side recessesformingacontracted portion or neck, said recessed portion of one stripbeing guided in said slot of the other strip, whereby said strips areinterlocked at one end, the opposite ends of said strips beingdisconnected from each other, substantially as set forth.

2. Aside steel for corsets, consisting of two superposed strips ofspring metal,each of said strips being provided near one end with alongitudinal slot and near the opposite end with side recesses forming acontracted portion or neck, the recessed portionof each strip beingguided in the slot of the otherstrip, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER VVILI-IELM ZIEGLER.

Witnesses:

HUGO F. HEERMANN, JACOB KREBBS.

No. 626,958. Patented lune l3, I899.

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INLUWDESGINGI MANTLE FOR GAS BURNERS.

(Application filed Jan. 27, 1599.;

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